Gary ThorntonGary Thornton is editor and publisher at ClearPoultry.com. Email him at [email protected].From the Author - Page 15Egg ProductionHow risk is changing the US broiler industryA recent WATT PoultryUSA survey showed that U.S. poultry executives not only believe the level of risk facing their firms is higher today, they believe the risk is significantly higher. That's understandable given the number of bankruptcies and acquisitions that have occurred in the U.S. broiler business in the last five years.Broilers & TurkeysPoultry consumption: In the shadow of Renewable Fuel StandardWill U.S. per capita consumption of poultry and red meats regain pre-RFS level of 220 pounds? A panel of poultry and meat company executives shared answers at the National Chicken Council annual meeting.Broilers & TurkeysMr. Poultry Manager: Are you good enough to get better?What business are you in? It’s not poultry ... it’s the people business. Success in people determines poultry business success.Poultry FeedNew GIPSA poultry, feed weighing and scaling rules effective September 20With GIPSA rules issued in 2012 changed substantially by Congress in the Consolidated and Further Appropriations Act of 2013, attendees at the Poultry Production and Health Seminar heard about the changes, including new provisions related to weighing and scaling of feed that take effect September 20.Broilers & TurkeysCorn ethanol's arguments wearing thin, but not its political cloutA political showdown over the Renewable Fuel Standard is at hand, but whatever the program lacks in true merit the corn ethanol lobby makes up for in political support in Congress and at the EPA.Processing & SlaughterCo-CEOs at George’s Inc. plan to grow fourth-generation broiler producerTwin brothers Carl and Charles George are counting on their co-CEOleadership to keep the organizational structure flat and responsive as theysteer George’s Inc. toward growth.Broilers & TurkeysUp and downs in chicken consumption data explained by shopping experienceChicken consumption data shows something unusual is going on with America's most-consumed meat protein, chicken. Consumers in the U.S. are purchasing white meat chicken cuts at a dramatically higher rate than a year ago.Processing & SlaughterIncrease in number of consumers eating more chicken breast meat in 2013How many consumers are eating more chicken breast meat in 2013? Twenty-eight percent of 1,000 consumers surveyed said they are purchasing more boneless, skinless chicken breast meat in 2013 than a year ago.Broilers & TurkeysChicken producers not counting profits yet, despite favorable costs, demandNational Chicken Council chairman Bill Lovette opened the Chicken Marketing Seminar in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July 22 presenting a positive outlook for prices and profits. But poultry producers are not counting their end-of-year profits just yet.Broilers & TurkeysPoultry profits could be hurt by excess pork supply in second half of 2013With U.S. pork exports to China and Russia halted due to the use of ractopamine in pigs, rising pork inventories may depress poultry prices in the second half of 2013. The industry also faces a potential downturn in Mexican demand.HomeUS poultry producers look ahead to WTO decision on China antidumping caseU.S. poultry exporters meeting in Williamsburg, Va., June 13 heard U.S. Poultry & Egg Export Council President Jim Sumner express optimism about the possibilities for new trade openings with China in 2013 as bilateral relations between the two countries have improved. Sumner also told members that a decision is expected soon in the antidumping case involving China and the United States at the World Trade Organization.Poultry FeedRenewable Fuel Standard is the one thing that gets under a poultry producer's skinThe Renewable Fuel Standard has cost the poultry industry billions of dollars in added feed ingredient costs and consumers billions in added food costs.Previous PagePage 15 of 29Next Page